أوَماand did you not? انثنيتَyou turned away عنfrom الوداعِthe farewell بلوعةٍwith anguish
أوَما انثنيتَ عن الوداعِ بلوعةٍ
ملأتfilled حشَاكyour heart صبابةًwith ardent longing وغليلاand burning thirst
ملأت حشَاك صبابةً وغليلا
And did you not turn away from farewell with anguish
that filled your heart with yearning and burning thirst,
ومدامعٍand tear ducts تجريflow فيحسبُso one supposes أنthat فيin
ومدامعٍ تجري فيحسبُ أن في
آماقِهنَّtheir inner eye-corners بَنَانَthe fingertips of إسماعيلاIsma'il
آماقِهنَّ بَنَانَ إسماعيلا
and with streaming eyes, so one would think that in
their inner corners were Isma'il's fingertips?
ياO أيهاyou القرمُthe noble chief الذيwho بعلوِّهِthrough his eminence
يا أيها القرمُ الذي بعلوِّهِ
نالattained العَلاءُglory منfrom الزمانِTime السُّولاthe wished-for boon
نال العَلاءُ من الزمانِ السُّولا
O noble chief, through whose eminence
glory won from Time what it wished for.
قَسَمتapportioned يداكyour two hands علىamong الوَرَىall people أرزاقهاtheir sustenance
قَسَمت يداك على الوَرَى أرزاقها
فَكنوكَso they dubbed you قاسمَQasim, distributor of رزقهاtheir sustenance المسئُولاthe one petitioned
فَكنوكَ قاسمَ رزقها المسئُولا
Your two hands apportioned among all people their sustenance,
so they dubbed you Qasim, the distributor of their sustenance whom they petition.
أهدتit offered لمجدكَto your glory حُلةa robe موشيةًembroidered
أهدت لمجدكَ حُلة موشيةً
تكسوclothes الحسودَthe envious one كآبةًwith gloom وذبولاand withering
تكسو الحسودَ كآبةً وذبولا
It offered your glory an embroidered robe
that clothes the envious in gloom and withering.
أحيَتit revived حبيباًHabib والوليدَand al-Walid ففصَّلاso they both fashioned
أحيَت حبيباً والوليدَ ففصَّلا
منهاfrom it وشائعَthe skeins of نسجهاits weave تفصيلاin fine detail
منها وشائعَ نسجها تفصيلا
It revived Habib and al-Walid, so the two fashioned
from it the skeins of its weave in fine detail.
فأفادهاso he gave it الطائيُّal-Ta'i دقةَthe subtlety of فكرهِhis thought
فأفادها الطائيُّ دقةَ فكرهِ
والبُحتُريand al-Buhturi دماثةًsmoothness وقَبُولاand appeal
والبُحتُري دماثةً وقَبُولا
Then al-Ta'i gave it the subtlety of his thought,
and al-Buhturi, smoothness and appeal.